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As I was lying in bed the other night the following words suddenly appeared in my brain … Madam Marabou wore one yellow shoe. Isn’t that the oddest thing? In the midst of my middle of the night worrying, scheming, planning … Madam Marabou … and a yellow shoe. Where do you think these things come from? I have an idea. Did you ever see the movie, Always? Always is a Steven Spielberg remake of a 1940s movie called A […]

Ode to a Black Cat There once was a black cat named Mary who with a neighborhood rogue did tarry Four kittens had she underneath a lime tree in the yard of a couple with nary a child nor pet, at least not yet Though not so hesitant to marry of children and pets they were both quite wary But before too long they found themselves smitten with one of Mary’s little kittens and he soon joined their family Feline […]

It does my heart good seeing her in a comfortable spot in the sun. This is Mary. She’s a feral cat, and she’s probably at least 13 years old. We know that because in April 2000 she had a litter of kittens in our backyard (one of them still lives in the house with us). We’d love for Mary to join us inside too, but she just won’t come in. She won’t even let us touch her. She used to […]

He’s a charming little fellow, isn’t he? I neither intended him to be a) male or b) French, but that’s how he turned out. I found this project on a blog post that included the beach towel blanket I made last summer. The post was all about cool things to make with towels. The funny thing is I can’t find it now; maybe it was deleted? No matter, I searched up “towel kitty” or something like that and easily found […]

I have no position on reincarnation. But if I ever have to be reincarnated, please don’t let me be reincarnated as a feral cat. These sketches are an attempt to hold onto something of a little grey and white tabby that I first saw in our neighborhood several months ago. I never took her picture, so I tried to find a cat photo on the internet that looked something like her and sketch from that. I viewed her as an […]

First, a confession: I’ve already had two eggnog lattes and it’s not even Thanksgiving yet. I blame the San Francisco Auto Show. It’s our traditional start of the holiday season, so we always make the trip to Moscone Center during Thanksgiving week. The drive up is the perfect time for the first eggnog latte. Usually, we visit later in the week, but this year we went up on Sunday which was a beautiful day to be in the city. Most […]